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Up, Up and Away

A crossword celebrating ways to travel through the sky, spanning real aircraft and fantastical flying vehicles.

Woman solving a crossword
Grid
13 × 13 Maxi
Clues
62 8 themed
Average solve
17:10 733 solves
Rating
4.7 (17)
Published
4 Oct 2026 Super Sunday

The grid

Across

  • 1 Narrow inlet (3)
  • 4 Rock band that sang "Back in Black" (4)
  • 12 Hot ___ balloon; uses heated air to rise (3) · THEME

+26 more in the app

Down

  • 1 Arabic music style (3)
  • 2 "And ___ ___ better state than e'er I was,” quote from "Richard III" (1,2)
  • 7 Retired transatlantic supersonic passenger jet (8) · THEME

+30 more in the app

Did you know?

On January 1, 1914, the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line made the first scheduled commercial airline flight across Tampa Bay. One paying passenger was aboard, which was the full passenger capacity.

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